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Welcome to The Index!
Each week, we bring you the latest and greatest from our Developer Relations team — from blog posts and YouTube videos to meet-ups and conferences — so you don’t miss a thing.
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Everything you see on Developer Center is by developers, for developers. This is where we publish articles, tutorials, and beyond. 
Featured Post
How to Model Your Documents for Vector Search by @Anaiya_Raisinghani
Atlas Vector Search was recently released, so let’s dive into a tutorial on how to properly model your documents when utilizing vector search to revolutionize your querying capabilities!
Other Good Reads
How to Build a Healthcare Interoperability Microservice Using FHIR and MongoDB by Paul Claret
Using the Confluent Cloud with Atlas Stream Processing by @Robert_Walters
Mark Your Calendars
Every month, all across the globe, we organize, attend, speak at, and sponsor events, meetups, and shindigs to bring the DevRel community together. Here’s what we’ve got cooking:
Thailand MUG: October 20th 2023, 7:30pm – October 21st 2023, 2:00am, (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time
DroidCon London: Oct 26, 2023 - Oct 27, 2023
India Virtual MUG: October 27th 2023, 10:00pm – October 28th 2023, 1:30am, (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time
SF AI Hackathon: November 4th 2023, 10:00am – 10:00pm, (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time
Silicon Valley MUG: November 8th 2023, 4:00pm – 6:00pm, (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time
Los Angeles MUG: November 9th 2023, 6:30pm – 9:00pm, (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time
Tel Aviv MUG: November 14th 2023, 7:30am – 9:30am, (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time
MongoDB is heading out on a world tour to bring the best, most relevant content directly to you! Join us to connect with MongoDB experts, meet fellow users building the next big thing, and be among the first to hear the latest announcements. Register now.
Use code DEVELOPERFAM50 to secure 50% off your ticket!
From the Community Advocacy Program
Community Champion @eliehannouch authored a deep-dive article on MongoDB replication.
MongoDB Community Champion @Roman_Right wrote an article on unraveling MongoDB query performance.
And Community Champion @RajeshSNair has started a MongoDB video tutorial series. This first video focuses on using the new MongoDB extension plugin for Visual Studio Code.
AWS re:Invent is coming up fast, and we’ve opened up a CFP for 15-minute, community-led gen AI lightning talks in our expo booth theater.
Are you innovating with MongoDB or AWS in the realms of gen AI, vector search, or large language models (LLMs)? If so, we want to hear from you!
Share your expertise, inspire innovation, impact the greater good, and elevate your profile as a thought leader. Plus, exclusive swag and VIP access await!
The submission deadline is October 27 — use this form to submit.
Stop, Collaborate, and Listen
If reading’s not your jam, you might love catching up on our podcast episodes with Michael Lynn and Shane McAllister.
This time, @Michael_Lynn sat down with Mona Chadha, Director of ISV Technology Partnerships at AWS, and Zaki Bajwa, leader of Partner Solution Engineering Team at Stripe. Listen to the full episode here!
Not listening on Spotify? We got you! We’re also on Apple Podcasts, PlayerFM, Podtail, and Listen Notes. (We’d be forever grateful if you left us a review.)
Have you visited our YouTube channel lately? We have new videos from Anaiya, plus replays of our latest live streams with @Jakub_Lazinski, @Bianca_Lisle, @Stanimira_Vlaeva, and Abirami Sukumaran. You can also find The Index there!
Remember to view what live streams we’ve got coming up. You can click “Notify me” and YouTube will ping you when we’re about to go on.
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